High school sports
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Only a few weeks removed from her high school graduation, Elaine Patten, of O'Fallon, has already proven she is ready for the next stage of her athletic career.
Logan Eader became ambidextrous out of necessity. Michael Failoni did it because he could.
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Tears flowed down the faces of the Edwardsville players Saturday night after the Tigers' 2-0 loss to (Wilmette) Loyola Academy Ramblers in the championship game of the Class 4A State Softball Tournament.
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Had the (Wilmette) Loyola Academy Ramblers not scored early, this game might have lasted a long time.
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Throwing a no-hitter wasn't on Edwardsville senior pitcher Lauren Francis' mind when she took the mound Friday.
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Only a few weeks removed from her high school graduation, Elaine Patten, of O'Fallon, has already proven she is ready for the next stage of her athletic career.
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On the same day last May, Laquitsha Bejoile experienced the thrill of victory and the agony of ... another victory.
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It was four years ago when a bright and immensely talented sprinter entered Belleville West with dreams of winning state titles, earning an NCAA Division I scholarship and one day becoming one of the fastest women in the world.
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Coach Jim Corsi has led Gibault High to three state championships in boys soccer, but they pale in comparison to his most recent accomplishment.
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In a rematch of last season, Althoff High's girls soccer team will face Chatham Glenwood in the Class 2A Springfield Super-Sectional at 7 p.m. today at the University of Illinois-Springfield.
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One obstacle remains between the Althoff Crusaders and another berth in the state tournament.
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She'll be living out of a suitcase for the next month, calling California home for two weeks, then relocating to Thailand for two more weeks.
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The only thing O'Fallon's boys volleyball team knows for sure about tonight's opponent in the finals of the Bolingbrook Sectional is the Panthers are definite underdogs.
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However far the O'Fallon Panthers venture in the prep boys volleyball playoffs, they can thank Granite City for giving them the kick in the pants they needed.
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The mastermind behind one of the state's top high school boys golf programs for 15 years, former Belleville East coach Jim Reynolds, has received the ultimate honor.
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The 2009 collegiate golf season of Southwestern Illinois College freshman Tyler Kane came to an end Tuesday at the Region 24 Golf Tournament at Lockhaven Country Club in Godfrey.
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Belleville native Ashley Freeman won the Big 12 Conference Women's Golf Championship on Sunday, but it didn't come easy.
